Suffragan diocese Issele-Uku, Nigeria
Diocese of Issele-Uku
Isseleukuan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Issele-Uku is a Latin Church diocese in Delta State, Nigeria, erected on 5 July 1973 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Benin City. It covers the northern part of Delta State west of the River Niger, including the state capital Asaba.
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- Established
- 1973
- Catholics
- 364,000
- Priests
- 196
- Territory
- 3,011 km²
Parishes and churches
93 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Paul’s Cathedral Issele-UkuIssele-Uku · CathedralView parish
- All Saints Catholic Church, AlihameAlihameView parish
- All Saints Catholic Church, Onicha-UgboOnicha-UgboView parish
- Blessed Michael Iwene Tansi Catholic Church, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Christ The King Catholic Church, Gra Phase II, Okwute-UgboOkwute-UgboView parish
- Christ The King Catholic Church, Idumuje-UgbokoIdumuje-UgbokoView parish
- Christ The King Catholic Church, Okponta, IbusaIbusaView parish
- Church Of Ascension, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Church Of Assumption, Zappa, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Emmanuel The Saviour Catholic Church, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Holy Family Catholic Church, IllahIllahView parish
- Holy Family Catholic Church, Ogwashi-UkuOgwashi-UkuView parish
- Holy Family Catholic Church, OkpanamOkpanamView parish
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church, AbavoAbavoView parish
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church, EwuluEwuluView parish
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, IsheaguIsheaguView parish
- Immaculate Heart Catholic Church, UmunedeUmunedeView parish
- Immaculate Heart Catholic Church, Ute-OkpuUte-OkpuView parish
- Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Church, Bonsaac, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Ogwashi-UkuOgwashi-UkuView parish
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church, Onicha-OlonaOnicha-OlonaView parish
- ParishesTown not recordedView parish
- Regina Pacis Catholic Church, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bonsaac, AsabaAsabaView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, ObomkpaObomkpaView parish
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, UmunedeUmunedeView parish
- Ss. Joachim & Anne Oratory, AsabaAsabaView parish
- SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Issele-AzagbaIssele-AzagbaView parish
- SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, UgboluUgboluView parish
- St Gregory Catholic Church, Oki-AgborOki-AgborView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Michael Odogwu Elue
- Born
- 4 April 1956
- Birthplace
- Ute-Ogbeje
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The cathedral
Saint Paul Cathedral stands in Issele-Uku, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
On the west bank of the Niger River, between Benin City to the west and Onitsha to the east, sits the city of Issele-Uku in Delta State, seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Issele-Uku (Latin: Isseleukuan(us)). The diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, and takes in six local government areas in the northern portion of Delta State. Its neighbors are the Archdiocese of Onitsha to the east, the Archdiocese of Benin City to the west, the Diocese of Uromi to the north, and the Diocese of Warri to the south.